James Abraham Mata v. United States
HabeasCorpus
When seeking relief under a retroactive decision invalidating a federal statutory provision as unconstitutional, what must a federal prisoner show in a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, when the record is silent as to whether the district court based its original judgment on the invalidated provision?
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW When seeking relief under a retroactive decision invalidating a federal statutory provision as unconstitutional, what must a federal prisoner show in a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, when the record is silent as to whether the district court based its original judgment on the invalidated provision? No. In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 2018 JAMES ABRAHAM MATA, Petitioner, V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Petitioner James Abraham Mata asks that a writ of certiorari issue to review the judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on June 28, 2019.